Abstract
In June 2012, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) Reconnaissance Systems Group participated in the
NATO Unified Vision 2012 (UV12) Joint ISR (JISR) Trial at Orland Main Air Station in Brekstad, Norway. GA-ASI
supplied a modified King Air 200 as a Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) surrogate outfitted
with a Lynx Block 30 Multi-mode Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target Indicator (SAR/GMTI), a FLIR
Star SAFIRE 3800HD Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor, and a L-3 Tactical Common Data Link. This airborne
platform was combined with GA-ASI’s new System for Tactical Archival, Retrieval, and Exploitation (STARE) for full
integration into the NATO ISR exploitation community.
UV12 was an event sponsored by the NATO Joint Capability Group on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
(ISR) to focus on the interoperability of national ISR assets and improving JISR concept of operations. The Predator B
RPA surrogate flew alongside multiple NATO ISR assets in nine missions that showcased the platform’s all-weather
ISR capabilities focusing on the Lynx SAR/GMTI and Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) modes.
The inclusion of the STARE technology allowed GA-ASI’s radar and Full Motion Video (FMV) data to be seamlessly
processed and passed to joint networks where the data was fused with other NATO ISR products, resulting in a full
battlefield reconnaissance picture.
